Man Dies in Monday Oakdale Garage Fire

OAKDALE, WI (Ben Caxton) — A 49-year-old man died in a garage fire on Monday in the Town of Oakdale. Monroe County Dispatch was contacted at 11:41 AM and advised of a fire at a residence on Honeysuckle Avenue. The caller also reported that her husband may have been in the shed when the fire broke out. Emergency services responded to the scene and found the shed fully engulfed in flames with heavy smoke pouring from the structure. Once the fire was extinguished the man, identified as Richard Siess, was found dead inside. The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Division of Criminal Investigation Arson Bureau. There is no information available at this time however that the incident involved foul play.